The National
Broadcasting Council

The Court of Appeal in Warsaw upheld the Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council's decision to impose a financial penalty on TVN S.A. for broadcasting prohibited alcohol advertising. This ruling confirms the legitimacy of the Council's actions in protecting viewers from the promotion of alcoholic beverages that are illegal under Polish law.

Referring to the resolution adopted by the Polish Senate on 25 September 2025, which rejected the Council's report on its 2024 activities, the National Broadcasting Council presents the facts and explanations. The allegations set out in the resolution are not supported by applicable legal provisions or the Council's current activities. The responses to the Senate's individual allegations are provided below.

Today, the President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, issued a statement on the 2024 Report of the National Broadcasting Council. In doing so, he confirmed the continuation of the current composition of the National Broadcasting Council's term of office, giving a positive assessment of its activities.

Following the National Broadcasting Council meeting on 8 October 2025, the Council granted KANAŁ ZERO TV a satellite licence to distribute a television programme called 'Kanał Zero TV', and granted the Cultural Centre in Żyrardów a licence to distribute a programme on telecommunications networks. The National Broadcasting Council also extended the licences of five entities and one company's satellite licence for another 10 years. The Council also decided to amend the radio broadcasting licences of four broadcasters. The Council adopted resolutions on the transfer of licence fee funds to six public media companies.

The Chairwoman of the National Broadcasting Council, Dr Agnieszka Glapiak, took part today in the PIKE-CONNECT Conference organised by the Polish Chamber of Electronic Communication in Łódź. This annual event brings together representatives of the telecommunications and media industries. The National Broadcasting Council is the honorary patron of this event.

The Chair of the National Broadcasting Council, Dr Agnieszka Glapiak, presented the 'KRRiT Report on Activities in 2024' together with 'Information on the Main Problems of Radio and Television in 2024' to the Senate. These documents summarise the key activities of the constitutional body that safeguards freedom of speech, the right to information and media independence in Poland.

Due to the current national security situation, the National Broadcasting Council unanimously adopted a resolution appealing to the Minister of Culture and National Heritage to immediately terminate the process of liquidating public media companies.

On 8 August 2025, a meeting of the National Broadcasting Council was held and chaired by Dr Agnieszka Glapiak, the Council's Chair. Prof. Hanna Karp (Deputy Chair) and members Marzena Paczuska and Prof. Tadeusz Kowalski attended the meeting. Maciej Świrski did not participate in the meeting. The National Broadcasting Council is conducting its regular work without any disruptions.

The Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council has submitted a petition to the European Parliament concerning the Sejm's violation of Article 30 of Directive 2010/13/EU on audiovisual media services.